Join us for a leisurely paddle on the Withlacoochee River: three miles to Sugar Creek with early takeout, and another four miles to Troupville Boat Ramp, around all the river frontage of the land recently purchased by Lowndes County for Troupville River Camp and Nature Park.
Paddle with Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson and Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter. Shuttle vans provided by Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA). Thanks to a generous grant from Georgia Power, this outing is free for everyone.
Boats: Bring your own if you have it.
When: Gather 8 AM, launch 10 AM, end 4 PM, Saturday, March 15, 2025
Put In: Langdale Park Boat Ramp,
3781 N. Valdosta Rd., Valdosta, GA 31602.
GPS: 30.88747, -83.32395
Safety: Be on time. If you miss the safety briefing, you cannot paddle with us.
VSU CORE Outdoors will bring some boats for free.
To reserve a boat, please use this eventbrite ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=1272573675119
Each person in a boat, no matter how young or old, must wear a PFD.
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![[Mayor and Chairmans Paddle, Langdale Park to Troupville 2025-03-15, Early Takeout Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee and Little Rivers]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-03-15--mayor-chairmans-paddle/fbmany.jpg)
Pictures: Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23
Update 2024-11-27: Retrieving PFAS samplers, Withlacoochee River 2024-11-23.
We got some big deadfalls and marked one to go back, on the Withlacoochee River after Hurricane Helene Chainsaw Cleanup from Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23.
![[Got some big ones. Plenty more to do. Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup from Troupville 2024-11-23]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-11-23--withlacoochee-chainsaw-cleanup-troupville-pictures/many.jpg)
We didn’t go very far, but that third of a mile is much better now. We got the big log at CiHiG (Cut it Here, I Guess) Deadfall. but there’s another below it that was just sticking out, level with the water, at 120.6 feet NAVD88 Saturday on the US 41 (Valdosta) Withlacoochee River Gauge. We’ll have to go back at lower water to get the lower log. Continue reading
Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23
Update 2024-11-25: Pictures: Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23.
Rescheduled to 2024-12-23 2024-11-23 due to water too high and contaminated at previous date after the flash flood.
Join us between the Little River Confluence and GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.
Canoes, kayaks, and other jon boats are welcome to join the WWALS jonboat and outboard. You can also walk along the right bank of the Withlacoochee River.
Hurricane Helene blew down many trees, so we should find plenty of deadfalls.
Nobody has to use a saw of any kind. You can help by photographing, collecting trash, pulling limbs out of the way, or just being there.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, November 23, 2024
Put In:
Troupville Boat Ramp,
19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602. I-75 exit 18, west on GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) away from the Valdosta Mall, at the traffic light for Val Tech Road, turn left down to the boat ramp, in Lowndes County.
![[Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-11-23, after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-11-23--withlacoochee-chainsaw-cleanup-troupville/fbmany.jpg)
Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-11-23, after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp
Pictures: Red Roberts Little River Upstream Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-09-21
That was a very productive chainsaw cleanup, even though we didn’t even get three miles up the Little River from Red Roberts Landing.
![[Many deadfalls, Little River Chainsaw Cleanup, Red Roberts Landing 2024-09-21 Darlene Ray, Paris & Tommy Stoeffler, Tish Hall, Lon Kemeness, John S. Quarterman]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-09-21--red-roberts-little-river-chainsaw-cleanup-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Here are some video snippets:
https://youtu.be/kw0agoUEObA
It was a nice day down on Rountree Road. Continue reading
Walking Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-02 2024-11-16
Update 2024-11-15: Rescheduled to 2024-12-23 2024-11-23 due to water too high and contaminated at previous date after the flash flood.
Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23.
Update 2024-11-15: Changed to November 16, 2024, due to schedule conflicts.
Join us, walking between the Little River Confluence and GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.
Hurricane Helene blew down many trees, so we should find plenty of deadfalls.
Nobody has to use a saw of any kind. You can help by photographing, pulling limbs out of the way, or just being there.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, November 2, 2024
Put In:
Troupville Boat Ramp,
19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602. I-75 exit 18, west on GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) away from the Valdosta Mall, at the traffic light for Val Tech Road, turn left down to the boat ramp, in Lowndes County.
The water level is well below our recommended low level for paddling,
but if you do want to put in a kayak or canoe,
you might try sliding it down the sand slope under the GA 133 bridge.
![[Walking Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-11-02, after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-11-02--walking-withlacoochee-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Pictures: Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26
The water level was not too low on the Little River, but it was too low on the Withlacoochee River for the WWALS jon boat with outboard. So, there was no chainsawing.
We’ve been waiting for the Withlacoochee River to get down to a level where we can do a walking chainsaw cleanup. With no rain in sight, it will be plenty low next Saturday, so that will be the time.
![[Water too low for jon boat outboard, Withlacoochee River, Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-10-26--upstream-withlacoochee-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Water too low for jon boat outboard, Withlacoochee River, Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26
Thanks to TJ Johnson for driving an hour from Live Oak to get there with chainsaws to lead this expedition, and for helping haul the jon boat back upstream on muscle and trolling motor batteries after the outboard did not restart after Trashy Shoals. Continue reading
Upstream Withlacoochee River from Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene 2024-10-26
Update 2024-10-27: Pictures.
Kayaks and canoes and jon boats are invited to join the WWALS jon boat with 9.9hp outboard seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect. After Hurricane Helene, there are probably new ones. We will go as far up as we can and have time for with sawing, maybe to the GA 133 Bridge, the I-75 Bridge, or even Sugar Creek.
Nobody has to use a saw of any kind. You can collect trash, photograph, video, pull limbs out of the way, or just paddle.
First we will jaunt downstream past the cleaned-water Outflow of Valdosta’s Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant and Spring Branch to pick up a couple of PFAS water sample collection devices we planted on September 14. If they’re still there after the hurricane.
If you’re paddling, you can just turn left at the Little River Confluence and go on up the Withlacoochee River.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, October 26, 2024
Put In: Troupville Boat Ramp, 19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602. I-75 exit 18, west on GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) away from the Valdosta Mall, at the traffic light for Val Tech Road, turn left down to the boat ramp, in Lowndes County.
Continue reading![[Upstream Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26, From Troupville Boat Ramp, After Hurricane Helene]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-10-26--upstream-withlacoochee-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Red Roberts Little River Chainsaw Cleanup, 2024-09-21
Update 2024-11-02: Pictures: Red Roberts Little River Upstream Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-09-21.
Come take pictures, collect trash, or pull limbs out of the way. You do not have to saw. Kayaks and canoes welcome, to accompany the WWALS jon boat and 9.9 hp outboard.
Upstream half a mile are two big deadfalls we will chainsaw. Another mile up through Rountree Lake (a wide area in the Little River) is another deadfall. We will see what else we find upstream.
If there’s time, we’ll get another deadfall downstream.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, September 21, 2024
Put In: Red Roberts Landing, 4727 Rountree Bridge Rd., Adel, GA 31620. I-75 Exit 41, go west, turn right in front of the Horse Creek Winery to stay on Rountree Bridge Road, continue about 5 miles, turn left before the Little River.
![[Chainsaw Cleanup, Little River, Rountree Lake 2024-09-21, Above Rountree Bridge, Red Roberts Landing]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-09-21--red-roberts-little-river-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Chainsaw Cleanup, Little River, Rountree Lake 2024-09-21, Above Rountree Bridge, Red Roberts Landing
WWALS River Revue, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, and Augusteenth on The Spotlight Show, Talk92.1 FM 2024-08-29
Join us on The Spotlight Show on talk921.com at 6 PM, Thursday, August 29, 2024.
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman and “Diamond” Jim Halter will talk about the WWALS River Revue with the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, coming up in a week. Also Augusteenth: Juneteenth boating again at Reed Bingham State Park this Saturday. Plus chainsaw cleanups, the Okefenokee Swamp, the Ichetucknee Springs and River, and the water quality testing.
![[WWALS River Revue and Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest on The Spotlight Show, 6-7 PM, Thursday, August 29, 2024]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-08-29--spotlight-show-talk92.1-radio/fbmany.jpg)
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Pictures: Jon boat Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park Boat Ramp 2024-08-25
I think that’s eight big deadfalls and some littler stuff that we sawed, downstream on the Withlacoochee River Langdale Park Chainsaw Cleanup. Hurricane Debby and other storms left quite a bit of debris.
![[Downstream Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park 2024-08-25, 2 jon boats and a canoe, Withlacoochee River]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-08-25--jon-boat-withlacoochee-river-chainsaw-cleanup-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Downstream Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park 2024-08-25, 2 jon boats and a canoe, Withlacoochee River
We had Phil Royce’s jon boat with 3.5 hp outboard, the WWALS jon boat with 9.9 hp outboard, and TJ Johnson in a canoe.
I think there were four or five chainsaws among us, including the 24-inch Husqvarna 460 that the Wild Green Future Grant paid for, along with the 9.9 hp outboard. Plus TJ’s handsaw.
Here are some video snippets:
https://youtu.be/tuGSugOlTLw?si=xQrAla60gZzeNnkR
So you want to know: after all this sawing, can you paddle from Langdale Park to Sugar Creek? Continue reading